We all are shy at time about pronouncing the name of a particular plant. Sometimes, even intimidated!
Taunton Press has solved this problem for us - not only do they break the word down for us, they give us an audible pronunciation.
http://www.finegardening.com/pguide/pronunciation-guide-to-botanical-latin.aspx
When I visit this site for a particular pronunciation, I verbalize the word several times while I'm there and try to work it into conversation during the next few hours (even if I have to talk to myself).
Another problem we have sometimes is visualizing expectations as we read a plant's description on the label!! All those words are descriptive of how the plant performs . .but if you don't know what the words mean - how can you 'visualize'?? Problem solved!
http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/botanicalterms.html
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